Just a quick announcement that we will be pushing an update to the site today sometime. This process will require database changes and thus we will have to shut the site down while this work is done. We estimate up to 1-2 hours of downtime.

This update is making changes we need to build in new features we have planned and thus is more architecturally focused so no big changes in User Experience (yet). Exciting times to come though!

this goat's firm suggestion is to create a lower-than-designer mod position with 0 power other than the "official" person to point out disinformation tactics and fallacious speech in comments. (which they must do regularly and completely)

that way, we can all stay abreast of who is really shilling here, without having to use any censorship methods to accomplish it.

instead of removing or banning shills, just shine the light of truth on their tactics, and they have no power.

this is a brutally effective idea if implemented by @puttitout. if @puttitout doesn't implement it, then these shills are free to brigade, silence, produce a chilling effect, and ultimately censor voat and control it's narrative.

for example: i would be at -2000 ccp simply for pointing out locke's reddit cancer and the partial list of confirmed shills, if other goats had not upvoat brigaded me.

if i do not use top comments to bring awarness to serious issues to the community, then none of my posts would ever be seen by anyone, because i am permanently downvoat brigaded upon posting. 24/7.

this isn't a bot problem. it's not a brigade problem. it's a problem of those with agendas to make voat die and to control voat and the narrative. the srs and the sjw agendas.

I hope you plan on looking at both sides. There has been clear brigading both for and against Sanegoat. I'm not on either side, I'm just a little tired of these SBBH guys chasing people off the site (yeah, I wouldn't miss Sanegoat either, it's more the principle).

Feature flags are awesome, but obviously the require work to setup the first time you deploy them. I've not looked at the site code, but I'd be surprised if they're present as most people don't seem to understand the appeal.

Fyi, I read voat's code on git, and there ABSOLUTELY IS A READ ONLY MODE. But it leaves a bad taste in people's mouths. They now have that; see how putt said he's doing update in sandbox naow. ok you say something a lil different. you're completely ignoring the fact that for years, voat always had community discussion about big changes, and atko and putt would acquiese to what the community wanted. now we're not even allowed to know in advance?